RUS Buy American - All materials and equipment financed with loan funds under the RE Act of 1938, as amended, are subject to the “Buy American” provisions (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq. as amended in 1938), as amended. The "Buy American" provision is found at http://www.usda.gov/rus/regs/info/100-1/buy american.htm. For products of non-domestic origin manufacture manufacturers should request Technical Acceptance. Refer to the section below on Agency policy for financing of non-domestic products.
For Agency acceptance of a product as domestic, the manufacturer must include a certification stating that the product, as it is sold to RUS borrowers, complies with the following two domestic origin manufacture provisions:
a) Final assembly or manufacture of the product, as the product would be used by an RUS borrower, is completed in the United States or eligible countries (currently, Mexico, Canada and Israel); and
b) The cost of United States and eligible countries' components (in any combination) within the product is more than 50 percent of the total cost of all components utilized in the product. The cost of non-domestic components (components not manufactured within the United States or eligible countries) which are included in the finished product must include all duties, taxes, and delivery charges to the point of assembly or manufacture.
